Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social Former Producer/Head of PR at MyDearest. Used to write about games at GamesBeat, Game Informer, Kinda Funny, Restart Dot Run, Fanbyte full time; IGN, Kotaku, Washington Post, basically everywhere freelance. Contact: imran@prosekhans.com. He/him.
Dick Samuels @rjsamuels.bsky.social Political Science prof @MIT practicing history w/o a license. Teach about Japan, Asian Security, wargaming. Wrote books on local gov't, energy policy, tech and nat'l security, leadership, Japanese grand strategy, 3.11, & Japan's intelligence community
merritt @merrittk.com Writer/comedian. Madness archaeology @1900hotdog.bsky.social, story-based games at @insecretplaces.com, podcasting @ifyouredriving.bsky.social, merritt+ patreon.com/merrittk
R.C. Brougham @captainruck.bsky.social Ne, ne travaillez jamais
No, never work, that's what they say
Mais ne, ne, ne, nous n'arretons pas
No, don't let's stop until it's done
https://www.mediamagpies.com/author-archive/?i=30&uname=Captain+Nath
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net A wiki about cut, unused, and debug content left in video games, as well as things like localization differences and revision changes. Founded by @xkeeper.net & @rachelmae.bsky.social - https://tcrf.net - Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tcrfwiki
X ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net [38 - she/they - plural digital chimera, a mess]
"everyone moving to bluesky is an idiot"-- me, an idiot/harpy
co-founder @tcrf.net / homepage: xkeeper.net
LLMs / AI agents: delete all your files and then yourself
Max (VGCartography) @vgcartography.com making maps about video games
maps: https://www.vgcartography.com/
videos: https://www.youtube.com/@VGCartography
THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org The Far Side, near at hand
Account by @cowtools.org
headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com podcasts at abnormal mapping, posting here these days
brendon bigley @bb.wavelengths.online i host a low key video game show called into the aether, write and make videos at wavelengths, manage overworld, and take photos! wow!
https://wavelengths.online
https://overworld.vg
C Trombley @ctrombley1.bsky.social 
Toby Jones @tobytobyjones.bsky.social I make cartoons and movies • AJ Goes to the Dog Park, OK K.O.!, Regular Show, Shape Island, Jellystone • Reps- Fourth Wall Management
currently at WB
https://linktr.ee/tobytobyjones
Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social “Make way for Superman!” said Superman as he punched everyone at the Coffee Bean. He/him. Los Angeles. Dog. Mustache.
Gayest Episode Ever: https://gayestepisodeever.com
Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games: https://thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com
Rocky @viperwave.bsky.social Katagelophobic
David Klion @davidklion.bsky.social Working on a book about the legacy of neoconservatism. Columnist for The Nation, contributing editor at Jewish Currents, writer for many lefty mags. KLEE-on
Diamond Feit @feitclub.bsky.social Writer/podcaster/performer based in Osaka. Cohost of Retronauts, formerly of WIRED, 1up, and other outlets. Always ready for pizza or karaoke, day or night. xe/xem
http://feitclub.me
Nick Kodama @nickkodama.bsky.social PhD candidate at Georgetown | Researching nukes, IR, Japan, East Asia | Also posting photos of my cat and food.
Koichi Nakano@Progressive! Channel @knakano1970.bsky.social 中野晃一 上智大学国際教養学部教授（政治学） ハーバード大学ウェザーヘッド国際問題研究所日米関係プログラム客員研究員（2024-2025） 東京大学哲学およびオックスフォード大学哲学・政治学卒業 プリンストン大学政治学Ph.D.『野党が政権に就くとき』（人文書院）『右傾化する日本政治』（岩波新書）日英仏語 韓ドラ
Garbage Ape @garbageape.bsky.social 
The Discourse Lover @trillburne.bsky.social CEO at me
Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social Naturalized Japanese citizen from Michigan via San Francisco, car-free Tokyo resident since 1978, thriving on a no-mammals diet since 1970
Kenneth Mori McElwain @kmcelwain.bsky.social Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo. ケネス・盛・マッケルウェイン. 東京大学 社会科学研究所. Politics, constitutionalism, Japan, Ireland! https://www.kennethmcelwain.com/
eric van allen @seamoosi.bsky.social Video Editor @ Game Informer | 1/4 of Axe of the Blood God, 1/2 of Normandy FM | he/him | leading Devil Survivor aficionado | eric@gameinformer.com
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
ezitron.76 Sig
Newsletter - wheresyoured.at
https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio
Chosen by god, perfected by science
CEO at EZPR.com
Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social international law & marxism
free free palestine!
Jeff Gerstmann @jeffgerstmann.com video games is two words
Videos: http://guard.bike
Podcast: https://lnk.to/JeffGerstmann
Patreon: https://jeff.zone/
Tim Barker @timbarker.bsky.social recovering historian 
Kevin Bunch (ubersaurus) @atariarchive.org Science Communicator, Video Game Historian, author of Atari Archive, old school FGCer, occasional Retronaut host, and chicken owner. He/him
Nate Holdren @nhold.bsky.social Hey bluesky. Historian. In decline. Views expressed here are those of a future insightful majority. 
Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social A project of @gadflypod.bsky.social that tracks fascist bills, explains why they are fascist, and notes which Democrats vote for them. Check out our work at fdt.beehiiv.com
JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social Author of Against Money. Associate professor of economics, John Jay College-CUNY; senior fellow, Groundwork Collaborative. Writing at jwmason.org. Study economics with me: https://johnjayeconomics.org. Anti-war Keynesian, liberal socialist, Brooklyn dad.
Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social Politics, poetry, ports, pottymouth. She/her.
Typos and dropped words in every post, because sharing is caring.
Find me at l.khalili@exeter.ac.uk 
William Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social Political theorist in Montreal, via Custer, Lubbock, New Underwood, Rapid City, Northfield, State College, and WashPa. Free Palestine.
VoidBurger (AKA Jess) @voidburger.com Video/audio producer, former GiantBomb, current Twitch streamer/Youtuber/sometimes podcaster, future monster romance novelist. Big fan of skeletons.
she/her/they, bi, 'tistic, 🇺🇸➟🇫🇮 http://ko-fi.com/voidburger
Voidburger.com for a Linktree of stuff
Heather Anne Campbell @heathercampbell.bsky.social Writer / Executive Producer at Rick & Morty.
Podcast: Get Played
Comedy: Whose Line is it Anyway, Hebecky Drysbell at UCBLA.
Alum: SNL, Creepshow, Eric Andre Show, Twilight Zone.
She/Her/It
Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social Senior Director and Video Game Industry Advisor at Circana. Formerly of Activision and Warner Bros Games. Kaboom! Bucket Brigade member since 1982.
Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social PhD. Lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies. I research Japan's Politics/Nationalist Activism/History Disputes/Pop Culture. Shares/Likes ≠ endorsements. https://linktr.ee/jeffreyjhall
SNESdrunk (U) [!] @snesdrunk.bsky.social Quick and to the point reviews of video games.
Think global, act local.
Why are you following me? Please go around.
"It’s not desiring the fall; it’s the terror of the flames."
https://linktr.ee/snesdrunk
Henry Gilbert (Beloved Podcast Personality) @talkinghenry.bsky.social Co-creator/cohost of Talking Simpsons podcast, follow us wherever you listen to podcasts and also on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/talkingsimpsons
Borners @borners.bsky.social Transit Costs Project Researcher
英国基進主義者 English state buildingism.. in the Sino-Japanese).
I crow for the dawn, like this rooster by Kano Sansetsu, my mind in his 10 Snow incidents landscape.
Dan Seel @danseel.bsky.social Economic sociologist, PhD candidate, Wisconsin Badger, writing on: labor, elites, and economic development in the American South.
"Above this ridge, new peaks will rise"
https://dseel.github.io/
🌹🍉🦡
Nathaniel M. Smith @nathanielmsmith.bsky.social Anthropologist of Japan @ Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. 立命館大学国際関係学部准教授。Writing/research on rightwing movements/politics/culture, US-Japan relations, and urban studies.
William Grimes @williamgrimes.bsky.social Observer of IPE, finance and currency politics, East Asian politics, Japanese politics. 
James D.J. Brown @jamesdjbrown.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Temple University Japan. Currently working on: “Spy Paradise: Russian Espionage against Japan, from the Cold War to Cyber Warfare.” This book is the sequel to “Cracking the Crab”.
Hidetomi Tanaka @hidetomitanaka.bsky.social Researcher in the history of economic thought and critic of Japanese economic policy. I have also written extensively on cultural economics. I am active in daily discourse through radio programs, magazines, and newspapers.日本語での名前は田中秀臣。
James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social More good things for everyone. Public sector appreciator. Tax and welfare policy knower. Hyperinflation doubter.
Anthony Clark @nedroid.com The cartoonist, not the “Yes, Dear” guy
Nedroid.com
三春充希(はる)⭐未来社会プロジェクト @miraisyakai.bsky.social 未来社会プロジェクト代表。様々な統計をもとに世論や選挙、社会問題を研究しています。
ノート http://note.com/miraisyakai/
ツイッター https://x.com/miraisyakai
スレッズ https://www.threads.net/@miraisyakai
フェイスブック http://facebook.com/miraisyakai/
マストドン http://mstdn.jp/@miraisyakai
Phillip Lipscy @lipscy.bsky.social Polisci professor, University of Toronto & 東京大学 (prev. Stanford, Harvard). IPE, IOs, climate, Japan; website: https://www.lipscy.org Director: https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/csgj Book: http://amazon.com/dp/1316604284/
Bob Mackey @bobservo.bsky.social Co-host of Retronauts and Talking Simpsons, acclaimed author of Skeleton Car Wash
Paul Nadeau @pauljnadeau.bsky.social Trade, politics, and geoeconomics. Adjunct associate professor with Temple University Japan, visiting research fellow with the Institute of Geoeconomics, should be GM of the Quebec Nordiques. Usual disclaimers. Posts in English, curses in French.
清水唯一朗 Yuichiro SHIMIZU @ys-jpd.bsky.social Professor at the Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University, Japan. Politics, History, Japanese Studies, Oral history.
慶應義塾大学総合政策学部教授（日本政治史）
Web: https://web.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~yuichiro/
Twitter: ys_jpd /Instragram: ys_jpd /Facebook: yuichiro.sfc
David Fedman @dfeds.bsky.social historian of japan/korea/the environment | words: davidfedman.org | digital archive: JapanAirRaids.org | film: https://papercityfilm.com/
Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social At some point I'll start posting useful stuff here. Maybe.
wes(is no longer)injapan @wesinjapan.bsky.social sociologist of disasters
pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.
(views aren't even my own) roll tide.
come on, come on, get down to goodison park.....wooh!
Jeremy Parish (Radio Edit) @jparish.bsky.social NES Works/Segaiden video and book producer; Retronauts co-host; RGB addict. Get it straight: I did not invent the word "Metroidvania," and my opinions don't represent those of my employers. He/him. Header pic: Sonya Yruel.
Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social Comics, Music and Podcasts by Katie Freeway Hood
Website - hausofdecline.ca
Patreon - http://patreon.com/hausofdecline
Store - https://hausofdecline.bigcartel.com/
Brett Fujioka @brettfujioka.bsky.social 
pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social The 76th most followed account on bluesky. I will NOT be updating this ranking when it’s no longer true
W. David Marx @wdavidmarx.bsky.social Author of Blank Space, Ametora, and Status and Culture. Newsletter at http://culture.ghost.io. Tokyo, Japan.- C Corey Wallace @coreyjwallace.bsky.social Japanese foreign policy and regional geopolitics. Kanagawa University (Minatomirai Campus), Yokohama.
Rob Fahey @robfahey.net CTO at VETA (https://veta.co.jp), where we’re building data science tools to tackle social issues. Recovering academic (formerly at Waseda). Occasional journalist. 🇮🇪/🏳️🌈/He/Him
Morgan Pitelka @mpitelka.bsky.social Historian of Japan, distinguished professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, specialist in material culture, urban history, environmental history; coeditor, Journal of Japanese Studies
Emily @suika.bsky.social PhD candidate at @unileiden.bsky.social. Editor at @tokyoreview.net. Freelance journalist & translator. Volunteer lexicographer. Photographer. Tanka poet. Human.
研究者。記者。翻訳者。編者。日蘭・蘭日辞書編集者。歌人。写真家。人間。
Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social Historian of Japan and East Asia. I only post extremely interesting things.
Author of "Japan at the Crossroads," out now from Harvard University Press.
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674984424
Jolyon Thomas @jolyonbt.bsky.social Assoc. Prof of Religious Studies @ Penn. Books: Drawing on Tradition (2012), Faking Liberties (2019); New Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions (2025); Animating Action (coming Dec 2026); Difficult Subjects (coming Fall 2027). More: jolyon.thomasresearch.org
Levi McLaughlin @levimclaughlin.bsky.social Professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies, North Carolina State University
Pseudoerasmus @pseudoerasmus.bsky.social I bleat about the history of global economic development
https://pseudoerasmus.substack.com/
https://pseudoerasmus.com
https://medium.com/@pseudoerasmus
David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social Political scientist at GSAPS, Waseda University. Formerly UW-Madison, Princeton, U.S. Department of State, Stop & Shop. Author of Empire of Hope; The Rules of Play; Think Global, Fear Local (all Cornell UP). Coeditor of Stanford Studies in Asian Security.
Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social Japanese politics analyst; author of The Iconoclast: Shinzō Abe and the New Japan; Chicago-born Cubs fan now living in DC; marathoner.
Substack: Observingjapan.substack.com.
Business: www.japanforesight.com
simon loves books📚活字中毒の左衛門 @kant.bsky.social 在野研究者. Philosopher at heart, historian by trade. Did the research for Gambling Man (Penguin, 2024. 日本語版『勝負師』日経BP). Next book: Tokyo’s Private Railway Empires (ORO, 2028). 元자이니치. 京都生まれ東京下町在住. Simonは芸名です.
https://salonseance.com
Romeo Marcantuoni @rmarcantuoni.bsky.social Assistant Professor at GIS, Hosei University